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• Apr 29, 2010

  Pakistani Christian Barber Severely Beaten for Shaving Muslim's Beard

  A Christian barber in this Punjab Province city is still recovering from broken bones and other injuries sustained earlier this month after eight Muslims allegedly beat and sodomized him for cutting the beard of a Muslim.

• Apr 28, 2010

  Two Church of Christ in Nigeria Journalists Killed in Jos

  The killing of Christians in Jos, Plateau state in Nigeria continued over the weekend with two journalists and five other persons falling victim to Muslim youth gangs.

• Apr 27, 2010

  Attack on Revival Meeting Leaves 1 Theology Student in India Dead

  Hindu extremists raided Christian events in India\'s Madhya Pradesh state this month, leaving a visiting theology student dead and several other Christians injured.

• Apr 26, 2010

  'Pinpricks' of Truth Making Way into North Korea

  As refugees from North Korea and activists from Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) gather in Seoul, South Korea this week to highlight human rights violations in the hermit kingdom, there are signs that North Korean citizens are accessing more truth than was previously thought.

• Apr 24, 2010

  Buddhist Extremists in Bangladesh Beat, Take Christians Captive

  Buddhist members of an armed rebel group and their sympathizers are holding three tribal Christians captive in a pagoda in southeastern Bangladesh after severely beating them in an attempt to force them to return to Buddhism, Christian sources said.

• Apr 21, 2010

  Official Orders Halt to Beleaguered Church in Indonesia

  A local government official in Bekasi, West Java last week forbid all worship of the Filadelfia Huria Kristen Batak Protestan Church in Jejalan village.

• Apr 19, 2010

  Pakistani Brothers Threaten Family of Catholic Who Wed Muslim

  Family members of a Muslim woman who married a Roman Catholic here have threatened to kidnap the groom\'s mother and sister and kill the newlyweds and other relatives, the Christian family members said.

• Apr 14, 2010

  Young Christian Woman Allegedly Abducted in Pakistan

  A Muslim man tricked a 19-year-old Christian woman into leaving her house here on April 1, and he and a car full of friends took her away, according to her family.

• Apr 9, 2010

  False Charges Filed Against 47 Christians in Pakistan

  Police here filed false charges of alcohol possession against 47 Christians, including women and children, on March 28 in an attempt to intimidate and bribe them, Christian leaders said.

• Apr 2, 2010

  Signs of Witness Intimidation Mount in Orissa

  Due in part to intimidation of witnesses in Kandhamal district, a judge this week granted a change of venue for the trial of men accused of gang-raping a nun during anti-Christian attacks in Orissa in 2008.